Tag: The Thaw
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Livestream (9/10/2020)
This past weekend I took part in a live writing stream on Bethany Votaw‘s YouTube channel – talking all things writing, my work-in-progress The Thaw, beta-reading and, oddly enough, condiments! Watch the discussion below: This was really fun and I was honoured to have been asked by Bethany to participate. You may very well see…
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Defrosting The Thaw: Planning Process

My post-apocalyptic thriller novel The Thaw has had some positive feedback on the third draft from beta-readers, which is really encouraging. Some of the most heartening feedback on this draft has been on the quality of the planning. This surprises me as the planning for The Thaw took me a long time, and looking back…
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Defrosting The Thaw: Surveying Beta Readers

I’m currently in the process of gaining feedback from a selection of beta-readers for my work-in-progress post-apocalyptic thriller novel The Thaw, which is now at draft 3 stage. I’ve had three out of the eight people who have been sent the work respond, and I’ve undertaken a couple of beta-reads myself in that time. First…